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COMMONWEALTH v. MAHNKE

368 Mass. 662 (1975)

335 N.E.2d 660

COMMONWEALTH vs. GEORGE WAYNE MAHNKE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Alch (Mario Misci with him) for the defendant.

Newman A. Flanagan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

TAURO, C.J.

The events which frame the central issues in this case arise from legal and illegal efforts of the family and friends of a young woman (the victim) to provide an explanation for her mysterious disappearance in September of 1970. On December 9, 1971, her body was discovered in a shallow grave near the parking lot of a Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears) store in the Fenway area of Boston. The defendant, a boyfriend of the victim, was indicted for her murder...

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